Mercury in 4th House

Those with Mercury in the 4th house are usually people that think about their roots. It can also mean they do a lot of communicating, reading and networking and perhaps even run a small business from home. They often surround themselves with books, things of interest, and it is not uncommon for them to find the family interesting and so they may well involve themselves in subjects like history, geology, anthropology, archaeology, ecology, genealogy, etc. There are usually important conversations happening in the family or something interesting to talk about.

The mental qualities of yours were strongly influenced by your early home life and racial, cultural or national background. So your mind can be somewhat buried in your roots as it treads well established, but possibly habit-hidden paths. As a reaction to this you might rebel against them, moving from place to place in a need to find your own mind, or attracting a domestic or family set-up where you are continually having to assert your individual attitude. It is your father that was probably the intellectual type...and this would have fed your mind and frustrated your feelings. In other words, what you are really digging for is your father’s soul, for its the route to your own.

A parent may have been an intellectual or quite clever, articulate, bright and liked to talk, chat a lot or discuss things. The general communication and mental life on an inner level depends on their Mercury profile, as this will describe in more detail the background of the planet. For example, Mercury-Mars aspects may show arguing, bickering and mental aggression or bullying at home.

Whereas Mercury-Pluto could indicate that there were secrets, and maybe a parent was highly paranoid or there could have bee powerful communications that were extrmely psychic. The clues are always there in the astrological chart once the information and the symbolism are put together.

Telephones, letters, radios, newspapers, magazines and TV’s in every room may have been a prominent feature in childhood. Home-study courses could also be highly relevant as the home is often where they learn and gain knowledge. Discussion at the dinner table could have been regular thing, and it is important to question the origins of their beliefs and to understand what has been handed down from the family.

Mercury here can also mean that parent appeared youthful and they related to them more as a brother or sister. Maybe it was not always easy to know them on an emotional level or perhaps the logical self is strongly influenced by their emotions, and they may communicate frequently about their background and how they were raised. The mental life of the individual is very private, hidden away, behind closed doors.

Mercury in this position could be an indicator that there was something significant about the area of communication involving the parent. Perhaps the parent was critical, opinionated, and the origins of the way one expresses themselves today has a direct link back to childhood and their earlier roots. The 4th house is often unconscious and the mind can be somewhat hidden in the footprints of the past. Some people with this placement feel the need to spread their wings and travel away from their roots to find their own ideas about the world.

Sometimes unconscious habits are formed with and planet in the 4th house domain, and with Mercury Placed here it is and the parent’s opinions, viewpoints and ideas that dominate, or perhaps they even think along similar lines to a parent. The mind can be sensitive and easily receptive and mediumistic gifts may be indicated, especially the closer Mercury is to the I.C. Sometimes the person holds on to the thoughts of childhood and can be reluctant to look outside, and so they may be old fashioned in some of their views.

The individual could also be very private about revealing any information from their childhood, and there may have been an emphasis on being logical and rational. The home itself may have been mobile, and sometimes it is an indicator of frequently moving. The child could have been sent to boarding school. Perhaps there were plenty of comings and goings and the parent was tricky, intellectual or inventive, and they are quite flexible and adaptable at home.

Mercury in the 4th house person possesses great observational skills and perception in observing others in their own habitat. Intelligence may be something of a familiar issue, and there could be an educational or academic background and this may be a gift that is inherited. Perhaps there were always lots of questions being asked, plenty of trivia, word puzzles, etc. It can reflect a sibling taking on the role of parent, but whatever the case - the mind is firmly rooted in the past of the individual.

Mercury in the 4th House

You are an extremely imaginative person who dreams up all sorts of unusual ideas and plans. Your thinking is quite subjective, and in some cases narrow or biased. Some of you might enjoy working at home or keeping a lively, intellectual atmosphere in your home.

You tend to retain a lot of information, and are usually quite interested in history, psychology, or politics. You are not quick to embrace a new idea or plan, and can be quite traditional in your thinking.